New free-to-play iOS game Downhill Xtreme out now

19th April 2012: Distinctive Games, developer of Football Kicks
and Rugby Nations, unveil the latest chapter of their in-house
sports games portfolio with the release of
Downhill Xtreme, launching on iOS today. As the
App Store’s first longboarding title,
Downhill Xtreme is a free-to-play game featuring
gorgeous 3D graphics, pinpoint accelerometer controls, player
customisation, offline and online racing and an awesome soundtrack
from up-and-coming artists.

Longboard racing is an increasingly-popular extreme sport,
described as a cross between skateboarding and snowboarding.
Downhill Xtreme has been designed to capture the
speed thrills of the sport, as well as its music and culture, as
you travel to exotic locations and progress from amateur to pro,
all while racing against your friends and other top-rated riders
across the globe.

Downhill Xtreme features:

Free-to-play game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The new iPad
is supported at full iPad retina screen resolution

Since 2001, Distinctive Developments has been developing
award-winning mobile titles for all major gaming publishers, such
as Electronic Arts (EA), SEGA, Eidos (Square Enix) and PopCap.
Distinctive has worked on a number of high profile gaming brands,
including the FIFA franchise (since 2002), Sonic the Hedgehog, Tomb
Raider Underworld as well as many well-known consumer brands
looking to build or revamp their mobile identities.

Alongside developing games for publishing and marketing
partners, Distinctive has been releasing its own suite of
successful mobile titles, including Hockey Nations, the Rugby
Nations franchise, Bonecruncher Soccer, Dead Runner, Football Kicks
and My Army. In the past 12 months in addition to acquiring over
10m new gamers, Distinctive Games has been receiving positive
exposure also outside the traditional gaming media, such as
appearing as in-store and exhibition demos as well as in a major TV
advert showed to over 100 million viewers. In February 2011, The
Sunday Times nominated Hockey Nations 2010 as one of the best
sports apps in the World.

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